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Four suspects, including woman, arrested in attempted assassination of SJB member in Kalutara
Feb 11, 202609:54 AM
Four suspects, including woman, arrested in attempted assassination of SJB member in Kalutara

Four suspects, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the attempted assassination of Bandula Prasanna, a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member who contested for the Kalutara Municipal Council during the last local government election.

 

The arrests were made following a joint operation by the Police Special Task Force (STF) Organized Crime Prevention Unit and the Kalutara District Crime Division.

 

The main suspect, a 24-year-old resident of Nagoda, was arrested yesterday (10) in Balangoda. 

 

Subsequent investigations revealed his alleged involvement in several other serious crimes, including the attempted shooting of a prison inmate at the Nagoda Hospital in December 2025 and the murder of a hotel owner in Dehiwala.

 

Three others —two men aged 23 and 24 from Kalutara and a 23-year-old woman from Bolossagama—were also taken into custody for aiding and abetting the crime.

 

The Kalutara District Crime Division is continuing further investigations.

 

 

 

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